Alternative Horsemanship™ with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach shares horse training and horseback rider coaching, philosophies, and approaches she has developed over three decades. Offering horsemanship clinics worldwide, distance horse coaching instruction, equine consultations, equine re-education and rehabilitation, colt starting, and lessons. Follow her #alternativehorsemanship on all social media platforms.
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Horse Tack Fit Issues and Problems
Probably ranking in the Top 3 challenges faced by riders. It is a major contributor to unwanted experiences in the equine partnership. Below are just a few of the undesirable consequences...
Pushy, Anticipative, Fearful, Fleeing, Reactive Horse Behavior
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Tips for how to translate pushy, anticipative, fearful, and reactive horse behavior to search for the root causes behind these dangerous equine.
Are you blaming your horse for unwanted behaviors? Most equine enthusiasts try to control, block, or stop the animal's movement which creates one unwanted response evolving into another resistant behavior.
Click the linklink to watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel.
New videos posted every Friday.
Tips for Improving Horse Skills, Time Perceptions & Decreasing Unwanted Behaviors
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Horse Tips: Problem Behaviors and Learning Opportunities
Fixing Dangerous and Unwanted Horse Behavior by Alternative Horsemanship
What if we recognized and addressed the initial signs of concerned, fearful, or defensive equine behaviors before they erupted into things like:
Bucking
Bolting
Kicking
Spooking
"Over-reaction"
Biting
Fixating
Fleeing movement
Biting at the Air
Pawing
Jigging
Stomping
Weaving
and so many other moments that far too many riders respond to with, "Oh, he just does that, he's being a ____."
Behaviors Sabotaging the Human and Horse Partnership
What is the most common issue I see sabotaging the human & horse partnership?
Containment
Horses and Training Approaches Helping or Hurting the Equine Partnership?
What is the most common issue I see sabotaging the human & horse partnership?
Containment
I define it as: When a person is physically trying to "stop" an unwanted equine behavior, which is usually the symptom and not the underlying "issue," without acknowledging and addressing all the constant equine communication reflecting holes in the horse's education or understanding.
How many times have you heard things like:
Block the horse's __...
Don't let him __...
Make him _...
When a person attempts to block, hold, or "drive" a horse they are addressing the horse's physical movement.
His movement reflects his thought, such as:
The scenario is creating stress or pressure so he protects himself with run/bolt/spook...
Unwanted Horse Behavior Help
Unwanted Horse Behavior and Sleep Deprivation
Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach shares insight into sleep deprivation and unwanted horse behaviors.
The Human Agenda & Horse Problems
The Human Agenda can often create blinders towards the Horse's Communication for so many who interact with equines.
Deconstructing The Horse's Spook * Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Pressure and Release Re-Educating Horse that Bucks by Alternative Horsem...
Horse Training: Illusions & Misperceptions
The Illusion of "Horse Training"
One of the greatest negative contributors in the horse industry (to both the human and horse) is the misperception of "Horse Training."